U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports began reopening late on Thursday after dockworkers and port operators reached a wage deal to settle the industry's biggest work stoppage in nearly half a century, but clearing the cargo backlog will take time.

Tentative deal includes 62 per cent wage hike over six years
Minister pledges review of 'how disruption on this scale unfolded'
Port workers union, employers reached a tentative agreement Monday morning but backlog likely to linger